Dalhousie Research Day: Winning Abstracts

Abstract

ORAL PRESENTATIONS:

FIRST PLACE:

Non-compensated, Informal Caregivers for Community Acquired Pneumonia by Daria Manos, Faculty of Medicine, Dalhousie University, and Tom Marrie, Department of Medicine, Division of Infectious Diseases, QE II Health Sciences Centre.

SECOND PLACE:

Increased Expression of Basic Fibroblast Growth factor (bFGF) in the Neonatal Brain following Glutamate Induced Neurotoxicity by Janet MacIntyre, Faculty of Medicine, Dalhousie University, and Michael Wilkinson, Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology and Clinical Investigation Unit, IWK-Grace Health Centre.

THIRD PLACE:

Isolation of Two Genes from S. cerevisiae: Role in Phosphatidylcholine Reacylation by Janice Chisholm, Faculty of Medicine, Dalhousie University, and Christopher McMaster, Atlantic Research Centre, Department of Pediatrics, IWK-Grace Health Centre.

POSTER PRESENTATIONS:

FIRST PLACE:

β-Adrenergic Receptors in Fetal Rabbit Lung: Characterization and Ontogeny Studies by Philip Wornell, Faculty of Medicine, Dalhousie University, and Kathleen Landymore, Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, IWK-Grace Health Centre and Facutly of Medicine, Dalhousie University, Margaret Oulton, Department of Physiology and Biophysics, Faculty of Medicine, Dalhousie University.

SECOND PLACE:

Choice of Antibiotic for the Empiric Treatment of Community-Acquired Pneumonia: Results of a Survey of Nova Scotia Practitioners by Jacob Pendergrast, Faculty of Medicine, Dalhousie University, and Tom Marrie, Department of Medicine, Division of Infectious Diseases, QE II Health Science Centre.

THIRD PLACE:

Cardiac Surgery in Octogenarians: Can Elderly Patients Benefit? by Deborah Fruitman, Faculty of Medicine, Dalhousie University, Carolyn MacDougall, Department of Surgery, Division of Cardiovascular Surgery, QE II Health Sciences Centre, and David B. Ross, Department of Surgery, Division of Cardiovascular Surgery, QE II Health Sciences Centre.